Smart vehicle system

Abstract

A smart vehicle system, which relates to technology for improving driving stability, safety and reliability of a vehicle when an error occurs in operational reliability of the vehicle. The smart vehicle system includes a host configured to receive a communication state information, store the received communication state information, and transmit a priority information of a communicable interface in response to the communication state information, a controller configured to select the communicable interface in response to the priority information, when a fault in the storage device is detected, and a communication interface circuit configured to include a plurality of communicable interfaces and to communicate with an external electronic device through the communicable interface selected by the controller.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A smart vehicle system comprising:
 a storage device;   a host configured to receive a communication state information, store the received communication state information, and transmit a priority information of a communicable interface in response to the communication state information;   a controller configured to select the communicable interface in response to the priority information, when a fault in the storage device is detected; and   a communication interface circuit configured to include a plurality of communicable interfaces and to communicate with an external electronic device through the communicable interface selected by the controller,   wherein the controller is further configured to receive a resource information from the external electronic device through the communication interface circuit, store the received resource information, and control an operation of a smart vehicle using the stored resource information.   
     
     
         2 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 1 , wherein the host is configured to sequentially allocate priority information to the plurality of communicable interfaces. 
     
     
         3 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 1 , wherein the host is further configured to allocate priority information to the plurality of communicable interfaces in response to a communication state information of at least one of the plurality of interfaces, a bandwidth of the storage device, a bandwidth of the electronic device, and degree of data reliability. 
     
     
         4 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a storage interface circuit coupled to the storage device and to the controller.   
     
     
         5 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive a communication state information, indicating a state of communication with the external electronic device, from the communication interface circuit, and to transmit the communication state information to the host. 
     
     
         6 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 1 , wherein the controller comprises:
 a processor configured to receive the priority information from the host, and to generate an interface control signal for selecting any one of the plurality of communicable interfaces;   a fault detection circuit configured to detect a fault in the storage device; and   an interface controller configured to generate a selection signal for selecting a communicable interface corresponding to the interface control signal.   
     
     
         7 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to receive the communication state information from the interface controller, to store the communication state information, and to transmit the communication state information to the host. 
     
     
         8 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 the processor is configured to transmit the interface control signal to the interface controller when the fault detection circuit detects a fault in the storage device.   
     
     
         9 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 6 , wherein the fault detection circuit is configured to detect a hardware fault of the storage device. 
     
     
         10 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 6 , wherein the fault detection circuit is configured to detect a software error of the storage device. 
     
     
         11 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 6 , wherein the fault detection circuit includes a Built-In Self-Test (BIST) circuit. 
     
     
         12 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 6 , wherein the interface controller is configured to receive the communication state information of the communicable interface, and to transmit the communication state information to the processor. 
     
     
         13 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 6 , wherein the interface controller is configured to receive the resource information through the communication interface circuit, and to transmit the resource information to the processor. 
     
     
         14 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 6 , wherein the controller further comprises:
 a resource storage circuit configured to store the resource information.   
     
     
         15 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 6 , wherein the controller further comprises:
 a vehicle information collection circuit configured to collect information about respective units contained in the vehicle, and to transmit the collected information to the processor.   
     
     
         16 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 6 , wherein the controller further comprises:
 a security processor configured to perform security processing for the communicable interface selected by the processor from among the plurality of interfaces.   
     
     
         17 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 1 , wherein the storage device is implemented as a plurality of storage devices, and wherein each of the plurality of storage devices may be coupled to the controller through the storage interface circuit. 
     
     
         18 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 1 , wherein the storage device includes at least one of a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory. 
     
     
         19 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of communicable interfaces includes different types of interfaces. 
     
     
         20 . The smart vehicle system according to  claim 1 , wherein the communication interface circuit is configured to receive the resource information from the external electronic device through a communicable interface selected from among the plurality of communicable interfaces, and to transmit the resource information to the controller.